°

See also: º [U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR], ⁰ [U+2070 SUPERSCRIPT ZERO], ᵒ [U+1D52 MODIFIER LETTER SMALL O], ◌̊, ◦ [U+25E6 WHITE BULLET], and Appendix:Variations of "o"

° U+00B0, ° DEGREE SIGN ← ¯ [U+00AF] Latin-1 Supplement ± → [U+00B1]

Translingual

Description

A small circle, to be placed at the top of the line.

Symbol

°

1. degree of temperature
2. degree, as used in angle or arc measure
   1. degree of latitude or longitude
3. hour of time
4. rod (unit of measure)
5. See º for the masculine ordinal number indicator.
6. (phonetics) See ˚ and ◌̊ for the ring, a diacritical mark.
7. (music) diminished

Coordinate terms

• (time): ′, ″
• (angles): ′, ″

Translations

Translations

Greek: μ̊ (m̊)

French

Symbol

°

1. (biography and genealogy) denoting birth, born

   Synonym: *

   Antonym: +

Related terms

• (°) (“born outside wedlock”)
• °+ (“stillborn”)

Further reading

• “Symboles de généalogie”, in Geneawiki‎, 2023 November 13 (last accessed), Sigles en généalogie

Latin

Symbol

°

1. (biography and genealogy) denoting birth, born

   Synonym: *

   Antonym: †

   • 1996, Josephus Antonius Maria Carolus IJsewijn, Ulfus Timmermann, “Specimen Latinitatis Faroensis”, in Humanistica Lovaniensia: Journal of Neo-Latin Studies, volume XLV, Lovanium: Leuven University Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, footnote 7 (on page 507):

     De Luca Debes (°Stubbekøbing / Falster 1623 — †Thorshavn 28 IX 1675) vide vitam in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, vol. V (Hauniae 1934), pp. 624–625.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)